Inhaler



(No Model.)

0. '0. SHARP.

INHALER;

Patented May 1, 1888.

can]srornnn c. SHARP, or nniAnaromsinnmnn.

' iNHALER.

SPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,113, dated May 1,1888.

Application filed Setembcr1-7.-1fl87. Serial No. 249,9l7. (No model. ToaZZ whom it may concern: The substance, B, is simply any substance, Beitknown that I, CHRISTOPHER G. SHARP, such as a sponge, (which Iprefer,)-cotton, or a citizen of the United States, residing atInanysubstance adapted to absorb and hold the dianapolis, in the countyof Marion and State chlorofprm which is placed thereon. Said subofIndiana, have invented certain new and stance is mounted in thechamber Aaround usefullmprovcments in Inhalers. of which the I the extendedportion of the handle A, being following is a specification, r placedtherein by unscrewing the parts of said lhe object 'of'my said inventionis to prochamber, fitting it therein, and then closing. vide an improvedconstruction of, instrument said'chamber by screwing the parts together,ro foradministering chloroform and otheranas will be readily understood.i

' aesthetics by which all-the fumes of the antes The operation of mysaid invention is as fol-- thetic may be confined and administered tolowsz' The several parts being put together as the patient withoutwaste, and which will also l described, the chloroform or otheranaesthetic permit free access of pure air to the breathused. may bedropped onto thelsponge B,

r5 ing organs'of the patient; and it consists in through the tubes byremovingihe tips a, 6

the constructiowherein shown" atwirl-aimed. r (which-is the manner Iprefer;') or the chamber I accomplish this object by providing aholitself may be separated, if desired, as will be low chamberadaptedto'inclose the sponge or' readily understood. Theinstrument,;being other substance upon which the chloroform is thuschargedwiththe anzesthetiecan be placed 2 placed, and providing saidchamber with apin the pocket of the physician or in a conveno propriatetubes to conduct the fumes to the nostrilsvof the patient, and also witha hollow ient case and carried with him wherever desired. It being.desired to administer the chloroform to the patient, it isonly necessaryandconducting the same to near the mouthfof 'to take out the instrumentand place the tubes 2 said tubes, as willbe hereinafter more particn- Ia to the nostrils, when enough of the fumes 7 i will be quickly inhaledto place the patient Referring to the accompanying drawings, I under theinfluenceof the medicine, the tube which are made a part hereof and onwhich A" allowing free circulation of pure air at all similar letters of-reference indicate similar times and preventing any liability of thepaparts, Figure l is a general perspective view tient being caused anysuffering from a want illustrating theuse of my invention; Fig.2, a ofthis supply. I i side elevation of 1 the-invention by itself, and Gapsor plugs may be provided for the sev- Fig. 3 a longitudinal centralsection of the oral openings for use when the instrument issame. carriedaromidcharged, if desired; butto wrap 5 In said drawings, the portionsmarked A t 1n paper or inclose it in a case is usually all represent theinstrument, and B the sponge, that will be necessary to properly confinethe; cotton, or other substance upon which the an- ,medicine, the airbeing thus cut ofifrom a aesthetic is placed. The main body of the incirculation through the instrument. strument A is preferablyaneggshapedmetal- It will be readily understood, of course, thatlic'chamber of a convenient size formed'in two the instrument may beusedfor, inhaling many 0 50 shown.

parts adapted to screw together, as shown, other medicines than thosemention'ed,if de and has on its front end two projecting tubes sired. ofa convenient size and construction to enter Having thus-fully describedmy said iuven aiiersons nostrils, which are alsoformed"intion, what Iclaim as new, and desire to se- 5 two parts or with tips a,- adapted tobe screwed cure by Letters Patent, isr on or ofi. It is also providedwith a handle, 1. Aninhalerfor use in administering medi A, which isformed with a longitudinal per: cines, consisting of ahollowchamber'provided foration, a, which extends into the chamber withtubes adapted to enter a persons nos- .A, to a point near the mouth oithe tubes, as trils, a substance in said chamber for holding themedicine, and an air-tube extending from xoothe outside and terminatingin the chamber In witness whereof I have hereunto set my near theentrance tothe tubesfor the nostrils, hand and sea], at Indianapolis,Indiana, this I substantiallyas set forth. 12th day of September, A. D.1887. i 2. The combination of the chamber A for l 5 holding theanmsthetic, formed in two parts CHRISTOPHER O. SHARP.- ;[L. s]

and screwed together, and provided with tubes having removable tips a,and-a handle, A, Witnesses:- perforated longitudinally and extendinginto I E. W. BRADFORD, said chamber to near the entrance of said CHARLESL. THURBER.

1o tubes, substantially as set forth. 1

